Federal Courts Uphold Local Sign and Billboard Ordinances
In January, a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit that claimed the City of Madison’s
sign and billboard ordinances are unconstitutional. It's the second of two recent decisions
that represent big victories for local rights and common sense!
Scenic Utah applauds these judicial decisions. Allowing municipalities to use
consistently applied, community-focused ordinances to control
digital signage is huge victory, in Utah and across America.
Billboard Court Victories (pdf)
Download"Degrading who we are, one billboard at a time" (January 2023)
Guest opinion by Susan Dennen / The Sun Chronical (Attleboro, MA)
"Should Billboard Advertising Be Banned?" (BBC September 8, 2022)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62806697
Why are there so many billboards? (April 2022)
ABC 4 Digital Exclusive on Scenic Utah's work.
https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/why-are-there-so-many-billboards-in-utah/
St. George News on why our Photo Contest helps promote scenic preservation
City Weekly Photo Contest Blurb: "Airspace Ad Space"
https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/mansplaining-mayhem/Content?oid=18770291
City Weekly 'Urban Living' article about Scenic Utah
https://www.cityweekly.net/UrbanLiving/archives/2022/08/24/scenic-utah
"The Growing Global Movement to End Outdoor Advertising" (EqualTimes, January 2020)
https://www.equaltimes.org/the-growing-global-movement-to-end#.YxoJxXbMJPY
Great op-ed in The Deseret News: "Is it Time to Ban Billboards?"
(...Reagan Outdoor Advertising's reply) https://websites.godaddy.com/en-US/editor/e6e3f4e7-f682-48d5-a88c-32da94803112/84614643-05aa-457c-9496-ba83ebc4c434/edit/450f166e-d0e5-433d-8040-d42c77c2d78a/mutator/card/0
Utah governor signs billboard-friendly legislation
Editorial: Mayor Biskupski is conspicuously silent on Billboard bill https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/editorial-mayor-biskupski-conspicuously-silent-billboard-bill/
Cities say big-donor billboard firms push sneaky bill to allow bigger, lighted displays without local OK https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/02/19/cities-say-big-donor-billboard-firms-push-sneaky-bill-to-allow-bigger-lighted-displays-without-local-ok/
High Country News: Billboard corporations use money and influence to override your vote
Southern Utah town has starring role in dark-sky movement
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5133034&itype=CMSID
Orem restricts electronic billboards
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2058318&itype=CMSID
Ralph Becker Op-Ed: Billboard legislation represents the worst of Utah politics
Letter: Utah billboards are a form of visual junk
http://www.standard.net/Letters/2018/03/30/Utah-billboards-letter-Francis
Letter: Utah views obscured by politics and billboards
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3979237&itype=CMSID
Meet Ralph Becker: a public advocate for America the Beautiful
http://www.scenic.org/blog/263-meet-ralph-becker-a-public-advocate-for-america-the-beautiful
Lawmakers to consider 'Grand Boulevard' entrances to Salt Lake City from I-15
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=39824931
How outdoor advertising can deepen inequality
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200817-the-inequality-of-outdoor-advertising-exposure
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